Esme (Camponotus consobrinus queen) lays an egg

This is the second egg I've seen Esme lay. I disturbed her by bumping her jar with my camera, so she uncurled before she was finished. When I saw her the first time a couple of days ago she stayed curled up and it looked like she helped the egg out with her mandibles.

Here you can just see the egg appearing.

Turning around to pick up the egg.

Putting the new egg with the others.

All done! (for now...)